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Hiroki Nakagawa3,4, Yoichiro Hama4, Toshihisa Sumi4, Su-Chen Li3, Karol Maskos3,7, Kittiwan Kalayanamitra2,5, Shuji Mizumoto5,6, Kazuyuki Sugahara5,6 and Yu-Teh Li1,3

3 Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112
4 Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
5 Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
6 Laboratory of Proteoglycan Signaling and Therapeutics, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Frontier Research Center for Post-Genomic Science and Technology, Kita 21-jo, Nishi 11-choume, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Nok Aen The Fifth Annual Dhamma-Yatra began yesterday (April 22) with a simple opening ceremony presided over by Phra Rajviraporn, the Lord of the Songkhla Sangha and active supporter of all the walks over the past five years. Thanks to local organizers, the ceremony was well attended by the local people around Wat Ban Poh […]

Birds of India – Edible-nest Swiftlet – Collocalia fuciphaga – Collocaliini – Apodidae – Apodiformes – Birding – Avifauna Edible-nest Swiftlet (Collocalia fuciphaga), also called Andaman Grey-rumped Swiftlet, is part of a group of birds called the Cave Swiftlets. They form the Collocaliini tribe within the Apodidae family. The group contains around thirty species mostly […]

Bird’s nest soup and the Bird Flu scare Bird Flu High Alert has been declared in Indonesia since the outbreak caused the first death in July this year. Should Malaysians be concerned, especially since we are seeing increasing interest in commercial birdnest farming in our towns and cities? So far the virus had killed 65 […]

Swallow nest is an edible nest of swiftlet, a tiny bird found throughout South East Asia. The bird is from Apodidae family of Collocalia genus. This bird, using the sense of its echolocation, detemines its resting, nesting and sleeping place deep inside the dark cavity. The swallow nest has a long history back to the […]

How to get real genuine of birdnest? The best way to get genuine birdnest is buy directly (if you can) from the house farm, which is still in unprocessed and you can get anything’s in fresh and the price is also better. But somehow, if you get lower grade nests you may need more time […]

Stewed Bird’s Nest with American Ginseng Ingredients : 75 g soaked bird’s nest pieces, 8 g sliced American ginseng, 1 tbsp rock sugar, 2 cups boiling water Method : Wash American ginseng. Put into a steaming pot. Add crushed rock sugar and 2 cups of boilling water. Stew over boiling water for 50 minutes. Add […]

Stuffed Zhusheng with Bird’s Nest Ingredients : 225 g shelled shrimps, 1 green crab (about 375 g), 19 g zhusheng (dictophora phalloidea), 38 g soaked bird’s nest pieces (with water absorted), 300 g asparagus, any suitable amount of stock 1 egg white 1 tsp wine Seasoning : 1/4 tsp salt, 3/4 tsp caltrop starch, dash […]

Based on Color 1. Red Blood Nest This nest has a bright red color and commands the highest price among any other color, due to their high demand and rarity. Not many houses have this kind of nests, and even if they do have, the nests can only be harvested 1 to 2 times a […]

Based on Location 1. Cave Nest Usually, there are two Collocalia species that live in caves, Collocalia Fuciphaga (White Nest) and Collocalia Maxima (Feather Nest). But the nest from Collocalia Fuciphaga (White nest) is what we usually called for Cave Nest in the market. Probably because the harvesting of cave nests is a potentially hazardous […]